1 Maccabees 16:21–24

And one ran before to Gazara, and told John that his father and brethren had perished, ‘and’, ⁽said he⁽, ‘he hath sent to slay thee also.’ And when he heard ⁽it⁽, he was sore amazed; and he laid hands on the men that came to destroy him, and slew them; for he perceived that they were seeking to destroy him.

And the rest of the acts of John, and of his wars, and of his valiant deeds which he did, and of the building of the walls which he built, and of his ⁽other⁽ deeds, behold they are written in the chronicles of his high-priesthood, from the time that he was made high-priest after his father.